Iron.



H. LINDESTROM. IRON. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1913.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913. F4. a? III/:3 15 l/ v II// A n m .7 2% Z6 a? 7 29J N)!" fl\ li 11. x 29 HJ'ALMAR LINDESTROM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application filed January 2, 1913. Serial No. 739,652.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HJALMAR LINDE- srRoM, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Irons, ofwhich the following is a specification;

This invention relates to improvements in that class of irons used bytailors and large tailoring establishments for pressing garments, theseams thereof and cloth, and has particular relation to that type ofsuch irons which are heated internally by a mixture of air and gassupplied thereto under pressure; and it consists in certainpeculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and operation ofthe various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forthand specifically claimed.

The main object of the invention is to provide an iron of theabove namedgeneral character, which shall be simple and inexpensive inconstruction, strong, durable and efficient in operation, and so madethat the fuel or mixture of air and gas will be supplied to anddischarged within the cavity of the iron in such a manner as to causecomplete combustion thereof and uniform distribution of heat, to the endthat the iron will be quickly and evenly heated.

7 Another important object is to provide an iron of such constructionthat the burner therefor and the fuel supply pipe leading to said burnermay be adjustably and detachably connected to the iron in such a manneras to be out of the way of the operator and so that they can be readilyremoved for cleaning and repairs, yet will be securely held in theiroperative positions against danger of being broken off or misplaced.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in thesubjoined description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing which serves to illustrate an embodiment ofthe inventionFigure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view of aniron embodying my improvements showing the burner and supply pipesection by continuous lines secured in one position on the iron, and bydotted lines in another position to which it may be changed or placed;Fig. 2 is a plan view of the iron body with the handle plate removed,but illustrating the burner and supply pipe mounted thereon; Fig. 3 is asectional view of the burner and a portion of the supply pipe, and Fig.4 is a fragmental plan view of the top of the iron body.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout thedifferent views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 7. designates the body of the iron, which ishollow, and is provided with a horizontally disposed partition 8,located a slight distance above the upper surface of the base 9 of saidbody. This base is provided on its upper surface, at about its middle,with a circular and upwardly extended enlargement 10, the centralportion of which is located directly beneath an opening 11 in thepartition 8, for the reception of the lower portion of the burner 12,which is cylindrical in shape and is provided at its upper end with anannular flange 13 to rest on the upper surface of the top of the body 7,around an opening 14: therein, through which opening the burner isextended as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The burner 12 isprovided with a bore 15, which is enlarged at its lower end as at 16,and communicates at its upper end with a laterally extended channel 17,with which the upper portion of the burner 12 is provided.

Connected to the upper portion of the burner 12 and communicating withthe channel 17 is a section 18 of a fuel supply pipe, which may beconnected at its other end by means of a flexible tube to a supply offuel, such as a mixture of gas and air, which supply is not shown, andwhich may be under pressure. The section or pipe is of curved form; thatis, its lower portion is extended laterally and horizontally from theupper portion of the burner 12, and has its outer portion upwardly andoutwardly inclined. At the juncture of the pipe 18, with the burner 12,the latter is provided with a depending lug 19, for the purpose ofstrengthening the parts and to aid in holding the burner and said pipein position on the top of the iron.

As is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 1 of the drawing, the upper surfaceof the iron 7 is provided with a number of apertured bosses 20, whichproject a slight distance above the top of the iron, and to which aplate 21, having a handle 22, is secured by means of screws 23, engagingthe apertures of said -bosses. It will also be seen that the top of theiron is provided with a series of grooves 24 and 25, the former of whichare extended longitudinally with respect to the iron from the opening 14therein, and the latter are extended diagonally and rearwardly from saidopening. Each of these grooves is provided at its juncture with theopening 14, with the recess 26, to receive the lug 19, on the upperportion of the burner 12, just below the flange 13 thereof. Near theouter end of each of the grooves 24 and 25 are located a pair of spacedapart lugs 27, which project upwardly and are for the purpose ofreceiving therebetween the upturned portion of the supply pipe 18, whilethe grooves 24 and 25 are for the purpose of receiving the horizontalportion of said pipe. By this arrangement it is apparent that thehorizontal portion of the pipe 18, may be located in any of saidgrooves, and that its curved portion will lie between the lugs 27 at theouter end of the groove in which the pipe is located, which lugs willassist the groove in holding the pipe in position and against accidentaldislocation. Then the pipe is thus placed in one of the grooves, it willbe understood that the burner will be located in the openings 14 and 11of the top and partition 8 of the iron respectively, and that thehandled plate 21, may then be secured in position by means of the screws23 on the top of the iron. The rear end of the iron 7 is formed with anopening 28, which preferably extends from the upper surface of the base9, to the lower surface of the top of the iron, and may be closed bymeans of a door 29, hinged at its lower portion to the iron body. Thisdoor may be held in its closed position by means of a latch 30, pivotedat its upper end to the rear end of the upper portion of the iron and insuch a manner as to allow suflicient spaces between it and the walls ofsaid opening for the passage of air and the products of combustion fromthe iron.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing, it will be readilyunderstood and clearly seen that by admitting fuel through the pipe 18,to the burner 12, it will be discharged from the lower end of the latterthrough the enlarged opening 16, thereof, against the apex or upper partof the rounded enlargement 10, by means of which it will be uniformlydistributed over the base of the iron and within the cavity between saidbase and the partition 8, where it may be ignited and consumed in such amanner as to uniformly distribute the heat and evenly heat the iron.

As some operators desire that the supply cated on the burner and a pipeshall be located on the forward portion of the iron, and others that itshall be located on the rear portion, while others that it shall be onone of the sides of the iron, it is obvious that by providing the top ofthe iron with the grooves 24 and 25, said pipe may be located in theproper one of said grooves to meet the desires of the operators.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An iron consisting of a body having an opening and provided with agroove leading from said opening, a burner located in the opening, afuel supply pipe connected to the burner and extended there from in saidgroove, and a plate located on the burner and a part of said pipe and.secured to the iron body.

2. An iron consisting of a body having an opening and provided with agroove leading from said opening and within a pair of spaced-apartprojections one on each side of the longitudinal axis of said groove, aburner located in the opening, a fuel sup ply pipe connected to theburner and extended therefrom in said groove, and a plate located on theburner and a part of said pipe and secured to the iron body.

3. An iron consisting of a body having an opening provided with aplurality of grooves leading from said opening, a burner located in theopening, a fuel supply pipe connected to the burner and extendedtherefrom for location in one of said grooves, and a plate located onthe burner and a part of said pipe and secured to the iron body.

4. An iron consisting of a body having an opening and provided with agroove leading from said opening, said body having a recess at thejuncture of the groove with said opening, a burner located in theopeningand having a projection to fit in said recess, a fuel supply pipeconnected with the burner adjacent to the projection thereon andextended therefrom in said groove, and a plate located on the burner anda part of said pipe and secured to the iron body.

5. An iron consisting of a body having an opening and provided With aplurality of grooves leading from said opening, said body having at thejuncture of each of its grooves with the opening a recess, a burnerlocated in the opening and having a projection adapted to fit in any ofsaid re cesses, a fuel supply pipe connected to the burner and adaptedto be extended therefrom in one of said grooves, and a plate 10- part ofsaid pipe and secured to the iron body.

6. An iron consisting of a hollow body having an apertured top providedon its upper surface with a groove leading to said aperture, a burnerlocated in the aperture,

a fuel supply pipe connected to the burner and extended therefrom insaid groove, and a plate located above the burner and pipe and securedto the body.

7. An iron consisting of a hollow body having an apertured top providedon its upper surface with a plurality of grooves leading to saidaperture, the top of said body also having at the juncture of each ofits grooves with said aperture a recess, a burner located in theaperture and having a projection adapted to fit in any of said recesses,a fuel supply pipe connected to the burner adjacent to the projectionthereon and extended therefrom for location in one of said grooves, anda plate located above the burner and a part of said pipe and secured tothe body.

8. An iron consisting of a hollow body having on the inner surface ofits base an upwardly extended enlargement and an opening in its topabove said enlargement, a burner located in said opening, a fuel supplypipe communicating with the upper portion of the burner and extendedalong the top of the body, and a plate secured to said body and locatedabove a part of said pipe and the burner.

9. An iron consisting of a hollow body having on the inner surface ofits base an upwardly extended enlargement and an opening in its topabove said enlargement, a horizontally extended partition within thecavity of the body and having an opening, a burner located in saidopenings, a fuel supply pipe communicating with the upper portion of theburner and extended along the to of the body, means on the body to holdthe burner against rotary movement and to secure said pipe againstsidewise movement, and a plate secured to said body and located above apart of said pipe and the burner.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 2lth day ofDecember A. D. 1912, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HJALMAR LINDESTROM.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. TILLMAN, A. S. PHILLIPS.

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